Society and solitude
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Society and solitude
（The collected works of Ralph Waldo Emerson / Alfred R. Ferguson, general editor, v. 7）
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007
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Civilization
Art
Eloquence
Domestic life
Farming
Works and days
Books
Clubs
Courage
Success
Old age
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
General editor(2003-):Ronald A. Bosco
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Society and Solitude, published in 1870, was the first collection of essays Emerson had put into press since The Conduct of Life ten years earlier. Of the twelve essays included in the volume, he had previously published seven in whole or in part: "Society and Solitude," "Civilization," "Art," "Eloquence," "Domestic Life," "Books," and "Old Age." Emerson added five previously unpublished lectures or essays, "Works and Days," "Clubs," "Courage," "Success," and "Farming."
This edition is based on Emerson's holograph manuscripts and published sources. The text incorporates corrections and revisions he recorded in both sources, and thus restores for the reader the text he actually wrote. Although he is still visibly the insistent optimist of his early and middle career, here Emerson assumes a more pragmatic attitude than formerly toward the life of the mind and the imagination. Society and Solitude captures the penultimate expression of Emersonian Transcendentalism and Romanticism.
Historical Introduction, Notes, and Parallel Passages by Ronald A. Bosco
Text Established and Textual Introduction and Apparatus by Douglas Emory Wilson
Table of Contents
* Note on Numbering and Documentation * Abbreviations * Historical Introduction * Statement of Editorial Principles * Textual Introduction *Society and Solitude *1. Society and Solitude *2. Civilization *3. Art *4. Eloquence *5. Domestic Life *6. Farming *7. Works and Days *8. Books *9. Clubs *10. Courage *11. Success *12. Old Age * Notes * Textual Apparatus * Annex A: The Text of "American Civilization" * Annex B: Pre-copy-text Variants in "Farming" * Annex C: The Manuscripts * Appendix to Annex C: Alterations in the Manuscripts * Annex D: Emerson's Corrections and Emendations * Annex E: Parallel Passages * Index
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